Quote Originally Posted by Xirean View Post
I know you mean well by this, but reading that with other posts/comments in mind just makes me think that people want the relics to be more exclusive. I've had someone tell me in game "they aren't special because anyone can get them." I find them special BECAUSE everyone can. I think that's awesome.

A different currency is fine, but the accessibility is a major success as far as I'm concerned. But also the future proofing into poetics as well.
Technically anyone can get an ARR, HW, SB, or ShB relic. Some of those are more future-proofed than others. That's the entire idea of the relics. They're meant to be the non-raiding answer to an endgame weapon. But what makes them a relic versus a tome weapon is the journey to obtaining it. And as I said, we can debate the finer points of the specifics of the journey. But the existence of the journey is what makes the reward at the end feel unique. And that applies to a many things in XIV. There's a journey to a reward and that can help make the reward worthwhile.